5 Things, Feb. 13: Best Of, Melting, Weights

Best Of: Where's the best place to take that special someone for Valentine's Day dinner? Let us know by taking our poll and posting your comments. We'll announce the winner on Friday, which means you can rate your choice after you visit on Tuesday.

Melting: If there's any snow left from Saturday, it should melt today from the sunny skies and temps in the 30s, as predicted in the JohnstonPatch Weatherbug forecast. Lows in the 20s overnight, with warmer temps expected Tuesday.

Weights: The Johnston Senior Center hosts weight training led by Jeannie Trafford today starting at 10:30 a.m. Stick around after class for a tasty lunch in the center's dining room, or a game or two of billards.

Honor: On this date in 2011, we posted a video from the halftime ceremony honoring Dan Mazzulla on his retirement as varsity girls' basketball coach at Johnston High. He eventually returned to coaching the boys' team at Ferri Middle School.

Thrift: Time and money — two things we never seem to have enough of, am I right? Here's an easy way to save both: Check out our Traffic & Gas page and find the cheapest gas as well as potential traffic trouble (so you can avoid it).